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Wet, windy weather prompts road and school closures in the Maritimes
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Francophone South schools are closed, except for Fredericton, Quispamsis, Richibucto and Centre Scolaire Samuel-de-Champlain. In the Anglophone West School District, Bath Middle, Bath Elementary, Hartland Community and Millville Elementary are ...

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MP Robert Goguen says Ottawa is willing to help fund new Moncton centre
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​Goguen said the federal government won't pay for the hockey rink component of the project, but it will pay for six road, water and sewer projects in the city under the Canada Builds Fund. The Conservative MP says that will free up millions of dollars ...

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Storm causes flooding, power outages and closures in NB
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The heavy rainfall prompted River Watch to issue a flood warning for the Nashwaak River and Canaan River in the Havelock region, near Cherryvale Road late Wednesday afternoon. There is also a flood watch in place for the Kennebecasis River and its ...

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World of Work Attending conferences can be contentious, but crucial
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Employers may send someone because of what the delegate brings back to the workplace and shares, the connections that may prove profitable down the road or the potential of recruiting future employees. In some cases conventions are a reward or ...

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Firearms stolen from home in Campbellton
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Two rifles and a .22-calibre handgun were among the items stolen from a home on Sister Green Road, Cpl. Jeffrey Foster said in a statement. The theft occurred some time between noon on Tuesday and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, said Foster. A quantity of liquor ...

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Snow and freezing rain make driving treacherous in NB
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In Moncton, the Trans-Canada Highway was closed due to slippery conditions on Wednesday. "We had an issue around 9 o'clock where it became really slippery on the road. At one time with the consort of DOT and MRTC we helped them close the road for ...

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Woman faces impaired charge after crash sends 4 to hospital
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The Richibucto RCMP said it received a 911 call just before 1:30 p.m. about a dangerous driver on Highway 11. According to a police statement, the RCMP were responding to the call when the dangerous driver's car crossed the centre line into the path of ...

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8 things to do to prepare for emergencies
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When power has been restored, use it sparingly during the first few hours to prevent system overload. Motorists should check road conditions before heading out and drive accordingly. Unnecessary travel should be limited during and immediately after a ...

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New Brunswick power outages from winter storm may take days to fix
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Mike Walker, the manager of streets and roads in Fredericton, said crews have been working to clear streets in the capital city but they are being slowed down by low-hanging power lines. He said those low, or downed, power lines are keeping snow ...

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New Brunswick abortion restriction lifted by Premier Brian Gallant
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Premier Brian Gallant is removing a key regulation that has restricted access to abortion services in New Brunswick for two decades. Gallant made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday morning in Fredericton. The premier promised in the ...

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Heavy snowfall expected across New Brunswick
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New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization is warning motorists that this storm could produce hazardous road conditions. People are being asked to have enough food and water on hand. Not surprisingly, grocery stores are busy with last minute ...

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Paramedic course offered in French after service complaints
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Fourteen students in Bathurst are taking a paramedic course after complaints in northern New Brunswick about the lack of French-speaking paramedics. The course is being offered by Medavie Health Ed and it is the first time since 2002 that the paramedic ...

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Slippery roads cause accidents across southern New Brunswick
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Police forces and other emergency responders across southern New Brunswick were busy responding to a series of accidents on Thursday morning caused by slick driving conditions. The most serious crash claimed the life of one person on Highway 2 in ...

Miramichi woman dies in a fatal vehicle crash at McKnight Road in Napan, N.B.
Oye! Times
Richibucto RCMP are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on the McKnight Road in Napan, N.B. at around 9 a.m. on November 18, 2014. The victim, a 57-year-old woman from Miramichi, N.B., passed away at the scene as a result of her ...

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Brian Gallant's Liberals rebuked in Saint John East byelection
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Gallant rejected any suggestion that his government will play political favourites in awarding road work contracts. Gallant issued a statement on Monday night where he said he accepted the byelection results and thanked the riding's voters for heading ...

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Salisbury delays decision over fix for frequently flooded road
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Residents in a Salisbury subdivision will need to wait until next year before a decision is made on fixing a road that has been flooding annually for the past 40 years. Residents living in the Hilltop subdivision find themselves stranded every spring ...

Brian Gallant faces more questions about politics and paving
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Reporters peppered Gallant with questions about a leaked email in which a Liberal riding association president stated, "It is the usual practice that upon a change in government road work contracts are made available to supporters of the government in ...

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Ian Pelkey, EA behind paving email, is a new Liberal convert
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The email, by the Liberal riding association president in Riverview to other members of the riding executive, says Pelkey “has enquired if we are aware of any Liberal companies or individuals in Riverview that may wish to bid” on government road contracts.

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Man dies from injuries sustained in crash involving four cars in NB
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MIRAMICHI, N.B. -- Police in New Brunswick are investigating a car crash that has claimed the life of a 22-year-old man. The RCMP in Richibucto say Collin Polchies of Elsipogtog was killed in the accident Thursday that involved four vehicles and ...

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Brian Gallant disowns road work patronage cited in leaked email
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Premier Brian Gallant is rejecting any suggestion that his government will play political favourites in awarding road work contracts, after an email sent by a Liberal riding president was leaked on Wednesday. Opposition Leader Bruce Fitch released the ...

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New Brunswick's jobless rate drops to 9.3%
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By comparison the unemployment rate in Fredericton-Oromocto and Saint John-St. Stephen is 7.1 per cent, it is 7.2 in Moncton-Richibucto and 8.4 per cent in Woodstock-Edmundston. The Canadian economy, meanwhile, added 43,000 jobs in October, ...

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Friendly moose put down by wildlife officer in Tweedside, NB
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It was just laying on the road," she said. But the animal's behaviour raised red flags for Department of Natural Resources officials. Wildlife biologist Dwayne Sabine says the moose most likely suffered from a neurological parasite known as brain worm.

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Justin Bourque statement to RCMP shows no remorse for killings
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"It was where the road took me, I guess," he says. ​Bourque said he had some cheese sandwiches, Ritz crackers and two granola bars with him during the manhunt. He drank water from a hose. "I was thinking about not getting caught," Bourque says. "Cover ...

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Cindy's Snapshots
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If you see something that catches your eye, be it on the ground or in the sky, snap it and send it along so we can share with it others! If your photo is chosen to go to air, Cindy will let you know, so don't forget to include your email address! Email ...

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New Brunswick warns of danger in leaving moose gates open
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Over the weekend, a 22-year-old woman was killed on Route 10 in Richibucto Road after she swerved to avoid a moose and went into the ditch. In September, three people were killed in Saint-Louis-de-Kent when a minivan collided with a moose and caused ...

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Woman, 22, dead after Richibucto Road crash
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A single-vehicle crash on Route 10 in Richibucto Road has claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman from Noonan, New Brunswick. The crash occurred at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when a vehicle lost control and crashed into the ditch to avoid colliding with a ...
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Bell Aliant expands fibre-optic network in NB
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The regional subsidiary of BCE Inc. announced plans Thursday to bring a fibre-optic line to Bouctouche, Richibucto and Saint-Antoine by the end of the year. The service will be available to almost 1,200 homes and businesses in the three communities, ...

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Rick Doucet backs $8M Saint John barge terminal plan
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The barge terminal, which would be located near Lorneville, would allow manufacturers in the Spruce Lake Industrial Park to prefabricate over-size sections of buildings, refineries and mines that are too large to be moved by road. However, the $8 ...

Toronto Star
GTA man once a Vietnamese refugee trapped on boat
Toronto Star
The following year, he moved to Richibucto, east of Moncton and near Northumberland Strait, and opened another Mekong Restaurant. “We lived next door, and every morning the school bus could pick the kids up outside the restaurant,” Huynh recalls.

Riverview seniors help student from Bénin after fire
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Residents at the Royal Court Parkland Estates retirement home in Riverview are helping an international student they've never met after fire destroyed his Dieppe apartment and all of his belongings. Alice Jones learned about Farid Danko in a local ...

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Liberal silence on hotel levy worries Moncton councillors
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Some Moncton city councillors are concerned a pledge to allow municipalities to charge a hotel levy has not been included in the Liberal party platform in the election campaign. Nobody on council pointed the finger directly at the Liberals at Monday's ...

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David Alward campaigns quietly in northwestern NB
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David Alward's final week of provincial election campaigning began with little fanfare Monday in northwestern New Brunswick. The Progressive Conservative leader visited individual locations at the request of local candidates. At Madeline Dubé's ...

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School crossing guard cuts considered in Saint John
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Between one-quarter and one-third of school crossing guards aren't needed, say Saint John city traffic managers. A report prepared for city council says a number of the crosswalks with guards are seldom used by students. It suggests between five and ...

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Early voting draws 46000 New Brunswick voters
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Elections New Brunswick says more than 46,000 voters have already cast their ballots with just a week to go in the election campaign. The first day of advance voting on Saturday drew 33,736 people out to vote. In addition, Elections New Brunswick says ...

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David Alward's PC campaign risks missing undecided voters
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David Alward was missing. The Progressive Conservative campaign bus was pulled over on the shoulder of a rural road off the Trans-Canada Highway near Memramcook. Ten minutes went by. The bus was now late for the next event on the campaign ...

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David Shipley: Leadership needed to end 'undemocratic' LSD model
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The next provincial government should scrap the “inefficient, unfair and undemocratic” local service district system and require citizens living in these areas to vote on a new type of municipal government, according to a former LSD advisory council ...

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Andrew Harvey charges prompt review by Attorney General's office
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The assistant deputy attorney general in New Brunswick says there will be a review of the process that led to fraud charges against Carleton-Victoria Liberal candidate Andrew Harvey. Harvey had been charged with two counts of fraud, along with two ...

RCMP looking for witnesses in fatal Royal Road crash
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A 58-year-old Fredericton man is dead after a crash along Route 620 in Royal Road, N.B., during the early hours of Saturday morning. RCMP are trying to reach the man's family and haven't released his name. Police are looking for witnesses. Any with ...

Two killed after van swerves to avoid moose, collides with truck
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Police say a third vehicle carrying two occupants drove off the road to avoid the pileup. The driver of the van, ... and Pigeon Hill areas. “There's one patient that was hospitalized, but it's not life-threatening,” says Sgt. Marco Papillon of the ...

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New Brunswick RCMP report more protests, fewer road deaths
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The latest annual report from the New Brunswick RCMP shows a significant increase in protests and highway fatalities at a historic low. The number of protests and demonstrations responded to by J Division officers between April 1, 2013 and March 31 ...

TH Haviland re-elected as mayor of Charlottetown
The Guardian Charlottetown
The captain of a vessel which arrived in Richibucto, New Brunswick, the other day, reports that just outside the harbor he counted over 400 American schooners busily engaged in their remunerative and money-making employment. (Hfx. Chron.) J.H.: The ...

Ottawa Citizen
PS pension fund seeing healthy growth
Ottawa Citizen
“They're trying to maximize and get bigger and better returns because they know that down the road they're going to have an awful lot of people claiming (benefits),” he said. Pension reform has returned to the national agenda earlier this year when the ...

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Renous highway was unsafe after Arthur, woman says
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A Richibucto woman says the provincial government should have done more to keep motorists safe the day after post-tropical storm Arthur hit New Brunswick, including shutting down Route 108 between Plaster Rock and Renous. Ruby Wylie and her husband ...

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Richibucto mom worries about mould in public housing unit
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A mother in Richibucto says the mould in her New Brunswick Housing Corporation duplex is making her three children sick. Lise Robichaud says black spots are growing on the linoleum and drywall in her basement, where her bedrooms and bathroom are ...

Missing boaters may not be missing after all: NB RCMP
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When they failed to return the equipment, park staff contacted the Richibucto RCMP to report that three people may be missing. “They rented at 1:45 p.m. in the afternoon and it was realized at 9, when the operator of the private concession for ...

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Missing boaters at Kouchibouguac may be theft case, RCMP say
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A search for three missing people at Kouchibouguac National Park is now focused on finding the three boats they rented instead. RCMP believe it could be a case of stolen property, said Cpl. Chantal Soucy, who is with the Richibucto detachment of the ...

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Information sought on Kouchibouguac boaters who didn't return
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RCMP are trying to confirm the well-being of a man, woman and boy who rented boating equipment at Kouchibouguac National Park on Monday and never returned the equipment or advised the park of their whereabouts. Park officials contacted Richibucto ...